West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-06-09
MINOR MISCELLANY.


men who have tried TO kill him. The
Gar is in no danger of forgetting that
In the midst Of life he is in death.
One of the most remarkable thefts on
record Is reported from Whatcom, Wash,
where a thief stole an entire orchard Just
planted, hiding his work for a time by
sticking willow twigs in the holes where
the fruit trees had been.
WHEN Alexander the Great took DOS.
session Of Babylon, in 33l b. c., he
found a series of astronomical obserVa-
tions taken by the Chaldeans for an
unbrokln period of / 1903 years, which
places the beginning of the obseryA-
tons as early as 2,234 b. Q.
The Queen of Roumania fell into
throne by falling down Stairs. While
running down the palace stairs at Berlin
one day her foot slipped and Prince
Charles, OF IIohenzollern, saw her dan
ger and caught her. When he was made
King of Eoumauia he persuaded tho
Princess TO marry him, Fl.
The human hair varies in thickness
from 1850 20 1000 Of an inch. Blonde
hair is the finest and red hair is the
coarsest. A German Investigator fIds
that IN four heads of hair of equal
weight the red one contains about 30,
900 hairs. the black 1913, the brown 100,
600 ard the blonde 10000.
The Piegan Indians, of Montana, have
made over $4,000 this spring skinning
the carcasses OF cattle which persisted in
the snow. The Indians received 10
cents for every hide they brought in,
and it became necessary TO watch the
herds to prevent them from skinning
every animal in the Territory, dead or
alive.
The Methodist ministers OF Philadel-
phia have appointed a committee OF i've
to consider tLu a1visability of excluding
reporters from their Monday morning
meetings, There is no charge that tho
reporters have reported incorrectly, but
it IS said that sometimes they make pub
lie incidents that might as we'll be kept
quiet. The Rev. j. III. Riddick is
against excluding the newspaper men.
1--WE ought not to do anything we arc
ashamed of" he said. 81 say turn out
the gas"
lce-cream comes high with the average
country editor. Witness this burst OF
hA1AiNhub llOlll LllG bNGGAlI EOuEGdlCu
soul of the We!lsboro, (Pa.) "Akiiator":
There is now and then bright spot In
the lives Of the newspaper workers One
of these blissful moments came to all
hands in the "Agitator" office last Tues~
day when they were invited 10 partake
of the Arctic ice-cream at Mi.liken's res
taurant, next door, The creams of all
sorts were first-class, and the local edi-
fCr 1on,tal 80 90
liken the hearty thanks of the whole
"Agitator" force.
The visit of Buffalo Bill and his COW
boys to London bids fai- to evolution
ize equestrianism in England over
there, as pictures in the "Graphicp from
time to time show, the riders sit in the
saddle with knees we'll bent and snort.
cned stiFrups. The dash.ng Americans,
on the other hand, tide Straight legged,
with an easy and graceful ceruage. Let
tiers have already begun 10 pour in upon
the London Times" advocating the
American style and condembiug the
Eng ish method Of riding with the knees
in the mouth. Tho American anglo.
maniacs will now DC lengthening their
tub.stirrurs with pieces of clothes line
or something similar, because it's Eng
lish, doncher know.
II. d. White, of Joliet, loved his
cousin, Jessie W hire, a pretty 17.ycar-
old girl, but she discouraged him. For
some time past Jessie has been bothered
at receiving anonymous letters threaten
; ing her life and fixing the date o. her
execution. The letters were seat through
the mail until it became unsafe, when
they were slipped unde. the door of
the home. Prominent young men re-
ceived notes requesting them to act as
pal, bearers, and an undertaken was
ehgaged to go to the house. A notice
OF the death OF the young lady was sent
10 the papers and published. Finally
1.-THE discarded lover was caught prowl-
ing around the house with revolver,
and he has been arrested and the threat
eaing letters have ceased.
Scattered through the several country
towns and villages of Rochester, Free
town, lakeyille, Long Plain, Acushnet
and Myricks, Mass, is a peculiar race
OF people that stick close to their native
backwOOds, but on rare occasions emerge
from their selfschosen retirement to the
neighboring more populous towns OF
marlborough and Wareham, and
sometimes are seen ON the streets of
New Bedford, Taunton, and Fall River,
the observed OF all beholders. Their
local appellation that follows them to
oil places is that Of "Pink-eyed Pitts
legs" Their popularity is pink eyes
and perfectly white hair. Th's striking
snguia"ity is said to have first made its
app arance IN a family by the name OF
Piltsiey, in FTcetown a century or more
ago, and spread through succeeding
generations among the ofsp-ings OF
those who iute.-married with the mem
bcrs Of the family. until many OF the
residents Of this section Of var.et7 Of
family na lcs as we'll as that Of Pittsley
have mem.crs marked by tine popularity
Of the eyes and hair and an accompany
ing facial expression that is odd in the
extreme.
y Baltimore Police Omcer. 30 years on tho
fore Mr Henry "a. DuTkee. says. II suffered
With poison oak for more Than year 7 tried
So Jacobs Oil. after second application all the
sores dried W. aud 4 was cured. j think II in
valuable"
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